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Weekly News Digest
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February 6, 2020 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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University of California Provides Update on Publisher Negotiations
The University of California (UC)–Davis provided an update on its negotiations with Elsevier and other publishers. In addition, a “UC-wide poll is underway to gauge the impact of the loss of immediate access to current Elsevier publishing content via ScienceDirect.”There is a full webpage at UC–Davis dedicated to the UC-Elsevier negotiations. The campus stakeholders “are hopeful … the publisher is ready to discuss deals that align with UC’s goals.” As for other publishers, “UC is in cordial negotiations with Wiley and Springer Nature to renew contracts that expired Dec. 31.” In addition, the university signed its first agreements with a society publisher and a native OA publisher. And “UC’s first transformative open access agreement, with Cambridge University Press, is now fully in effect.” For more information and the rest of the deals updates, read the news item.
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